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Leslie Frisbee is the editor of STNDRDS — an award-winning journalist and poet with more than 20 years of experience in the luxury lifestyle space. Her debut memoir, The Other Side of June, a book about women and reinvention, is forthcoming in fall 2026. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Writer's Digest, Poet's Choice, and the Write Home anthology. Lesliefrisbee.com; lesliefrisbee.substack.com; linkedin.com/in/lesliefrisbee/

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Fashion & Accessories
Milan Fashion Week 2026: What Does Luxury Look Like Without Fur?
Milan Fashion Week 2026 puts fur, wool and leather under scrutiny as luxury fashion confronts the future of animal-derived materials.
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Newest Weekly Column, STNDRD Deviations
Cabo San Shoeless
A Cabo San Lucas vacation gets off on the wrong foot when an airport escalator eats Corey Levitan’s flip-flop—and refuses to give it back.
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STNDRD Deviations
Scan of Worms
What can a full-body MRI scan reveal? Corey Levitan undergoes preventive imaging and confronts the benefits, risks and anxiety of knowing what’s inside.
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STNDRD Deviations
Switching Phone Carriers Nearly Cost Me My Family
Switching phone carriers to save money turned into a nightmare of canceled numbers, corporate runarounds and a family nearly pushed to its breaking point.
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STNDRD Deviations
My We Problem
STNDRDS columnist Corey Levitan explores why saying "we" feels so unnatural after 20 years of marriage, and what his personal pronoun problem reveals about love, identity, and long-term relationships.
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‘Ruffly’ Speaking: AI Pet Translator Is for the Birds
Corey Levitan tests the PettiChat AI pet translator to see if it can really decode dog barks—and discovers it's more comedy than canine breakthrough.